Flavors of Blackberry, roasted meat, mushroom and loamy soil. Wonderfully earthy and not fruit driven. It displays good structure and balance and shows very much like a good Northern Rhone. Eileen,who usually likes fruit driven wines, really got into this syrah. Paired very simply with hot Italian sausage with sauteed onion, red pepper and asparagus on a raw Maryland evening. Perfect! $17 each on 6.